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Battle of the Bands

Wednesday night, as another American Idol hopeful had his dreams of stardom crushed, seven groups of Yalies took the stage at Toad’s Place to put […]

Art and War: John MacKay

“If I had to sum up current thinking on precision missiles and saturation weaponry in a single sentence, I’d put it like this: once you […]

Art and War: Christine Mehring

Throughout the 20th century, artistic representations of war and violence foregrounded their impotence. For many artists, traditional modes of representation could no longer do justice […]

Art and War: Jock Reynolds

American artists do not comprise a monolithic group to be counted on in any one way. Like all of us, they are individual citizens first […]

Art and War: Jay Winter

Sixty-six years ago, on Monday, April 26, 1937, the Basque market town of Guernica was destroyed by aerial bombardment conducted by the German air force, […]

STDs at Yale: One in four, maybe more?

Let me put it this way: there was no reason for me to think I had anything. But I was still antsy sitting in the […]

Are you model quality?

Not all of us get to hide in our pajama pants and Yale sweatshirts, satisfied with that fact that we can build atomic models. There […]

Yalimidate — like TV, but nerdier

It’s every girl’s dream — four dates in one evening. But these aren’t just any dates. What begins with a mullet and a pack of […]

Reality bug bites

This week showcased the finales (sort of) of several of this season’s batch of disturbing reality TV shows. In the coming months — when Yale […]

Gay athletes: anxiety and awkwardness

She used to be nervous around lesbians. When Margaret Aiken ’04 played ice hockey in high school, she felt awkward around her one gay teammate. […]

Before hell week starts, time out in 'Freedomland'

“Everything is coming out of your knees. The energy is coming out. Good! Good! Walk a little faster. Breath! Breath! And everyone sigh. Sigh!” The […]